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Oral History Collection
Jack BlantonInterviewer: Dr. Ronald E. Marcello
Place of Interview: Carrollton, TexasDr. Marcello:
Mr. Blanton:Date of Interview: June 29, 1971
This is Ron Marcello interviewing Representative Jack Blanton
for the North Texas State University Oral History Collection.
The interview is taking place in Carrollton, Texas, on
June 29, 1971. I am interviewing Representative Blanton in
order to get his reminiscences and expressions and experiences
while he served as a member of the regular and first called
session of the Sixty-second Texas Legislature.
Mr. Blanton, the first thing I want to talk about--and I
have arranged my questions more or less in some sort of
category--the first thing I want to talk about is the various
revenue proposals that came before the Legislature. Now, as I
recall, one of the first revenue proposals, well, the first
one came from Governor Smith, and it called for deficit
financing. Among other things, he was going to issue some
state revenue bonds for the purpose of financing state govern-
meat. What was your initial reaction to this plan on the part
of. Governor Smith?
not
Well, I wasgone of the twenty that voted for it, I'll put it
that way. I am against deficit financing for state government.
At the very best, it's a circumvention of our constitutional
prohibition against deficit financing, although we do to some
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Blanton, C. F. (Jack). Oral History Interview with Jack Blanton, June 29, 1971, book, June 29, 1971; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529110/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.